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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 -- The Malaysian Paralympics Badminton squad won their second gold medal through the women's singles BMSTL2 category at the 5th Asean Para Games held at the Juara Stadium in Bukit Kiara Sports Centre, here Tuesday.

Shuttler Nabila Ahmad Sharif topped the table standing of a four-person group in the event which was played in a two-round robin matches.

Nabila, who is the first seed, won all her six matches against her opponents -- Paramee Panyachaem of Thailand, Wandee Kamtam of Thailand, and Doan Thi Ngai of Vietnam -- for the gold.

The silver and bronze medals were won by two Thailand players, second seeded Wandee Kamtam and Paramee Panyachaem, respectively.

Besides the women's singles gold medal, Nabila also won a gold medal in the women's doubles BMSTL3 when she partnered Nor Azlin Sulaiman on Sunday.

In the overall medal standing tally, Malaysia are currently leading the pack of 10 competing countries having won two gold and a silver, while in second place is Indonesia (one silver) and followed by Vietnam (one bronze).

THE World Championships in Hyderabad went on smoothly despite an alleged terrorist threat and fears of the spread of the flu (H1N1) virus.

But in competition, Malaysia’s world No. 1 Lee Chong Wei, who was seen as Malaysia’s great hope to nail the elusive world championship title, did not survive a threat from within himself and bowed out tamely again to Indonesian Sony Dwi Kuncoro, this time in the quarter-finals.

Coach Misbun Sidek said that his worst fear came true when the 27-year-old Chong Wei could not handle the high expectations on him and lost focus in his eagerness to win so badly for the country.

The strong performances of Koo Kien Keat-Tan Boon Heong in the World Championships and the return to form of Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif have raised early hopes on Malaysia’s ability to regain the Thomas Cup.

And national doubles chief coach Rexy Mainaky hopes that both pairs would keep the fire going in them.

“I have seen the fire missing from these players. But at the World Championships, both pairs showed their desires to win,” he said.

“These are the signs that I have been looking for in them. It is not easy to keep the passion for the sport alive all the time but I hope that they will maintain it.”

Malaysia will be hosting the world men’s team championship Finals next year and will be looking forward to regaining the title they last won on home soil in 1992.

Even if it had been only one out of five, the Indonesian badminton team would have been forgiven for yet another lackluster performance in Hyderabad, India.

One trophy would of course have been better than nothing. But the victory that would have been a fitting gift for Indonesia's independence anniversary eluded the team after Nova Widianto and Liliyana Natsir lost to Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl of Denmark in the World Badminton Championship finals on Sunday.

The Indonesian mixed doubles pair Nova/Liliyana put in a below-par performance as they crashed out 21-13, 21-17. Their previous comeback run in the semifinals, in which they overcame a second-game loss and overhauled a five-point deficit in the third game, deserted them this time around.

During the match, aired live on GlobalTV, Nova/Natsir were always trailing the Danes.